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Donetsk Explosion Rocks Rebel-Held Ukrainian City
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A powerful explosion has shaken the largest rebel-controlled city in eastern Ukraine as daily battles continue in the region despite a nominal cease-fire being in place. Shockwaves from the explosion Monday damaged buildings and were felt over a radius of several kilometers. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused...
A Neo-Nazi Beauty Pageant – Nefarious Glorification of Anti-Semitism at its Worst
One of the most insidious, and perhaps ultimately one of the most dangerous, manifestations of neo-Nazi resurgence may well be its steady subversive infiltration of contemporary popular and consumer culture. Rabidly bigoted – anti-Semitic, anti-Roma, generally xenophobic – modern day neo-Nazi parties and movements such as Jobbik in...
Expelled Nazis Paid Millions In Social Security
OSIJEK, Croatia (AP) — Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger lived the American dream. His plastics company in the Rust Belt town of Akron, Ohio, thrived. By the late 1980s, he had acquired the trappings of success: a Cadillac DeVille and a Lincoln Town Car, a lakefront home, investments in oil and real estate. Then the Nazi hunters showed up....
Ukraine Says Russia Has Agreed To Supply Gas
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian president has said his country has reached an agreement with Russia on supplies of natural gas for the winter. When Russia cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in June over unpaid bills, it raised the risk that Ukraine would be left without heating during the coldest months of the year. It also raised fears that...
Sweden Searches For Suspected ‘Foreign’ Submarine Off Stockholm
(Adds Svenska Dagbladet report) By Niklas Pollard STOCKHOLM, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Sweden boosted its military presence in Stockholm’s archipelago on Saturday to scour its waters for “foreign underwater activity” in a mobilization of ships, troops and helicopters unseen since the Cold War. The search in the Baltic Sea less...
Answering Four Key Questions About China’s Rise
“Is China going to compete for world power?” Most people in China, if asked of such a question, would show little interest in seeing the country fighting for world power with the U.S., and still less in becoming another U.S. However, in the U.S. and some European countries, many may ask: How can we trust that China won’t be like...
13 Of The Most Striking Images Captured On ‘Humans Of New York’ Photographer’s World Tour
Fifty days. 10 countries. 25,000 miles. The numbers attached to photographer Brandon Stanton’s recent United Nations-sponsored “world tour” were ambitious, but not any more so than his ultimate goal: to document the human stories so often missing from global headlines. His plan, he said on Facebook, was to listen. The global...
What Was It Like to Be in the Soviet Union Just After It Collapsed?
What was it like to be in the Soviet Union just after it collapsed?: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and get insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.Answer by Sasha Latypova, Co-Founder, Serial Entrepreneur with concentration in...
No Progress In Russia – Ukraine Talks Aimed At Solving Crisis
By Andreas Rinke and Alexei Anishchuk MILAN, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Russia, Ukraine and European governments failed to make any progress towards solving the crisis in Ukraine on Friday in talks that the Kremlin said were “full of misunderstandings and disagreements.” Further discussions were scheduled later in the day, but there...
New Members Join UN Security Council: Venezuela, New Zealand, Angola, Malaysia And Spain
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, Angola and Malaysia were elected Thursday to coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council, while Turkey failed in its effort to join the U.N.’s most powerful body. Neither Turkey nor Spain got enough votes in the first or second ballot of the election by the General...
